Regional QMS Manager, Americas

As our Regional QMS Manager, Americas, you will maintain the effectiveness of the regional Quality Management System and leading the transition from site-based quality systems to a standardized corporate certification structure. You will ensure compliance with ISO 9001, IATF 16949, OEM Customer-Specific Requirements (CSRs). You will evolve industry standards across the Americas region and applicable business functions through governance, auditor capability, risk-based auditing, organizational learning, and continual improvement. You will report to the Regional Quality Assurance Director.

PPG offers excellent Medical, Dental, & Vision Benefits; matching 401k+ retirement savings; and Paid Vacation, Holiday pay.

Main Responsibilities:

1. Regional QMS Governance and Ownership

• Manage regional QMS governance, including designated responsibility for applicable non-productive and remote locations.
• Integrate sites and support functions into our regional and global QMS and ensure certification requirements are met.
• Monitor QMS effectiveness, risks, objectives, corrective actions, and continual improvement through defined governance and performance reviews.

2. Corporate Certification Scheme Transformation

• Lead the transition from site-based certification to an integrated ISO 9001 and IATF 16949 corporate certification scheme, where applicable.
• Define the certification architecture, common processes, governance, roles, interfaces, and documentation needed for multi-site operation.
• Coordinate certification-body activities and integrate new, acquired, remote, or changing sites into the certification scope.

3. IATF 16949 and Automotive Compliance

• Be our regional subject matter leader for IATF 16949 and ensure deployment across sites, remote functions, and corporate processes.
• Govern Automotive Core Tools and applicable process, product, layered audit, change-control, feasibility, and contingency requirements.
• Monitor systemic compliance risks, customer disruptions, special-status conditions, nonconformities, and corrective-action effectiveness.

4. OEM Customer-Specific Requirements Management

• Lead the regional process and controlled framework for identifying, interpreting, deploying, and maintaining applicable OEM Customer-Specific Requirements.
• Integrate CSRs into QMS, launch, supplier, manufacturing, complaint, audit, and competency processes.
• Lead gap assessments and use customer performance data to prioritize actions and verify effectiveness.

5. Internal Audit Program Oversight

• Oversee our regional risk-based internal audit strategy across the certification scope, including system, process, product, layered, remote-function, and corporate-scheme audits.
• Approve audit schedules, assignments, methods, reporting, escalation, and follow-up expectations.
• Analyze systemic findings and ensure root cause, corrective action, closure, and effectiveness verification.

6. Auditor Competency and Training

• Establish and maintain qualification, calibration, requalification, and development requirements for regional auditors.
• Build auditor capability through training, mentoring, observed audits, report reviews, and capacity planning.
• Govern QMS and automotive training and evaluate effectiveness through demonstrated application and performance results.

7. Standards Revision and QMS Framework Modernization

• Monitor and implement new or revised standards, interpretations, customer requirements, and corporate requirements.
• Lead gap assessments, transition plans, training, readiness reviews, implementation, and effectiveness verification.
• Modernize and harmonize QMS tools, procedures, workflows, digital platforms, and governance across sites and functions.

8. Risk, Analytics, Knowledge and Continual Improvement

• Embed risk-based thinking and opportunity management into regional QMS and business processes.
• Use quality, audit, customer, supplier, process, and operational data-including digital analytics-to identify emerging risks and improvement priorities.
• Capture and scale lessons learned, best practices, and corrective actions across the region.

9. Leadership and Stakeholder Engagement

• Partner across functions to integrate QMS requirements into business processes and escalate material certification or compliance risks.
• Coach site quality leaders and process owners in QMS application, risk management, and continual improvement.
• Represent the region in global QMS, certification, transformation, and automotive compliance forums.

10. Decision Rights and Authority:

• Escalate QMS, certification, and customer-compliance risks and require corrective action for systemic or unacceptable risk.
• Approve regional QMS frameworks, audit requirements, auditor qualification criteria, and CSR governance within delegated authority.
• Recommend certification-scope changes, audit priorities, transitions, and resources based on risk and business need.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality, Chemistry, Manufacturing, Industrial Technology, or a related technical discipline; advanced degree preferred.
• Equivalent combinations of relevant technical education and progressively responsible quality leadership experience may be considered.
• 5+ years of progressive quality management experience in automotive, chemical, or industrial manufacturing, including multi-site QMS governance and standardization.
• Demonstrated experience implementing, maintaining, and improving ISO 9001 and IATF 16949 Quality Management Systems
• Knowledge of regional QMS governance, multi-site certification architecture, and corporate certification schemes aligned with ISO 9001 and IATF 16949.
• Expertise in IATF 16949, OEM Customer-Specific Requirements, Automotive Core Tools, and applicable VDA 6.3, TISAX, and AIAG guidance.
• Capability in risk-based system, process, product, layered, and remote-function audits; auditor qualification and calibration; root cause analysis; corrective action; and effectiveness verification.
• Ability to translate evolving standards and requirements into harmonized QMS processes, digital workflows, analytics, knowledge sharing, and continual improvement.

Preferred Qualifications:

• IATF 16949 Lead Auditor qualification or equivalent recognized automotive QMS auditor credential.
• VDA 6.3 Process Auditor qualification.
• Six Sigma Green Belt minimum; Black Belt
• Certified Quality Engineer, Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence, or equivalent professional quality certification

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